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Council Minutes of 9-15-2020 the categories so it might need to be amended. The Ohio Senate has passed S.B. 357 and it is now in front of the Ohio House. This is round three of the CARES Act funding. All of the same rules would apply, except you don't have to have it encumbered until November and you don't need to report until February 1 and return the additional money. The money still needs to be spent by the end of December to qualify for CARES Act funding. North Olmsted's share of this round of funding is estimated to be $1.1 million. It is a large sum, but it is based on population this time where the previous two rounds were based on local government allocation. The Finance Department has been spending a lot of time talking to people about ideas and there has been some clarifications from the Federal Government about how the money can be spent. The City believes it can apply some funding towards wages, which would alleviate some of our shortage of funds because the money spent on wages would be reimbursed. This would leave us in a better position than we would be in if we did not do that. There has to be logic behind arguments for dollars that would apply for wages so I have been spending a lot of time working on that. I will have more detail and an updated spreadsheet for you on Tuesday. Council President said the comment about funding based on population reminds her this is one of the reasons why it is important everyone in the community fills out the census. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Jeff Sturgeon 3092 West 231 Mr. Sturgeon said he had three quick questions. First, he asked if anyone could tell him how the Clague Road project is shaping up and if there is any news or future meetings regarding this. His second question was if there was any news on when Council might start meeting in person at City Hall and if it was the Governor's order that is not allowing the Council to meet in Chambers at this time. His third and final question was if Trick of Treating was officially canceled for 2020. Mayor Kennedy said Halloween is not officially canceled and the City is looking at it and seeing what other cities are doing. He said the reason there are not public meetings in person is because of the Governor's 10 person limit. Director Lieber said the consultant has prepared some draft information on the study that has been circulated to representatives from the County, ODOT and the City and currently is getting comments back on the draft. She said she anticipates having a presentation and legislation coming to Council in early October. Mr. Sturgeon asked if there were going to be any public meetings regarding Clague Road. Director Lieber said the meeting would be Council's committee meeting regarding the legislation and study. LEGISLATION 11